d&b audiotechnik has announced the introduction of a new set of performance enhancing capabilities for the company’s d&b Soundscape audio platform. Driven by a dedication to innovation, customer feedback and with a sharp focus on continuous improvement, these latest updates to the d&b Soundscape platform further enhance a user’s ability to deliver outstanding multi-dimensional audio imaging, resolution and emulated acoustics. A Soundscape system has three elements: DS100 Signal Engine, the hardware platform with comprehensive matrix functionality that can operate in a standalone system configuration mode or be combined with one or both of two software modules, En-Scene, an object-based positioning…
Author: Jacob Waite
With many designers and programmers looking for new challenges during the lockdown, the ChamSys Online Programming Competition offered a creative outlet: the chance to program the power packed 200-plus fixture rig that CHAUVET Professional had earmarked for the company’s stand at the 2020 Prolight + Sound exhibit before the show was ultimately canceled. Drawing over 200 entrants from around the world, the contest asked participants to create a three-minute or shorter show with the PL+S rig, using ChamSys MagicVis software. The large outpouring of creativity awed the panel of five judges, though it made their job of selecting three finalists…
Building on the success of its Microflex Advance line of microphones for AV conferencing, Shure is launching the MXA710 Linear Array Microphone. A major component in Shure’s new conferencing audio ecosystem, it represents the next evolution in Shure array microphone technology. This new model is designed for high-quality audio capture in premium AV conferencing environments. Whether it’s under or next to a wall-mounted display, suspended from the ceiling or flush mounted in a table, the low-profile form factor of the MXA710 subtly blends into any meeting room aesthetic without sacrificing audio quality. It is an ideal alternative for spaces where…
Following the cancellation of the 25th anniversary edition of Prolight + Sound, Messe Frankfurt and the sector are now looking ahead to 2021. In a key year for the event industry, the aim is to boost the purchasing propensity in this badly affected sector and help the industry retain its former strength. Large parts of the formats originally planned for 2020 will be implemented in modified form with special attention being paid to bringing together companies with top decision makers. “Hardly any other sector has suffered so much from the current restrictions. And this makes Prolight + Sound 2021 more important…
Farming showcase Cereals should have been taking place in Duxford this week. However, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it has been unable to go ahead in its physical form this year. Instead, the event’s organiser, Comexposium, hosted a virtual event Cereals LIVE 2020 with a programme that covers all the key demonstrations, exhibitors and seminars. Regular exhibitor, John Deere participated and shared an exclusive preview to select customers on 9 June 2020. The online demonstration highlighted key feature updates to three of its best-selling machines and the benefits of its ‘My John Deere’ technology live to an audience of…
TSL Lighting helped independent live events production company LRI create a COVID-Secure lighting package for a live stream training session by e-learning company, Skillsoft, in May 2020. TSL was approached by lighting designer Tim Ball to supply a fitting solution for the project, with a specification that would provide the presentation with the perfect balance of lighting for the cameras filming the session. As one of the leading global providers of education technology and training, Skillsoft had originally programmed its ‘Perspectives 2020’ session as an in-person event, but the COVID-19 lockdown meant that LRI and Skillsoft worked quickly to transform…
Sterling Event Group have created Sterling Studio, a Manchester-based studio space designed to boost the production value of webinars and other virtual events, over video conferencing and online meeting platforms such as Zoom, Go To Meeting, Skype and Webex. The studio, supported by UK distributor PSCo, boasts an impressive digital backdrop from LED display manufacturer, Absen. The idea to create a studio dedicated to virtual events was curated before the Covid-19 lockdown, just as the need for an events space with the capacity for high production quality was rising – a need that has only increased since. “The studio space…
The latest addition to ADJ’s Entour range of atmospheric effect generators, the new Entour Chill, is a compact yet powerful low-fogger. Using a combination of standard water-based fog juice and regular ice cubes, it can be used to create a dramatic low-lying fog effect without the hassle or expense of procuring dry ice. Building on the success of ADJ’s popular Mister Kool Series, the Entour Chill features enhanced technology that allows for increased output and a robust design that makes it suitable for a wide variety of applications. A newly-developed 800W heater system allows for continuous output for up to…
The first audio processing software for Windows 10 PCs that is fully optimised for use with Shure networked systems microphones is now available globally. Announced with limited availability in February 2020 at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE), IntelliMix Room is a groundbreaking innovation in digital signal processing (DSP) for AV conferencing. IntelliMix Room is a software-based DSP that requires minimal customer setup and no additional dedicated hardware, reducing the costs and footprint required to provide premium AV conferencing. It brings premium audio to video conference calls as it is deployed to in-room Windows 10 PCs and meeting control devices. The Shure IntelliMix digital…
“Hang on, do you think we should have put sunscreen on” said Jon – four hours into a long drive through the Nevada, Las Vegas, desert in a convertible. We both looked at each other realising we were already toast. But this isn’t the heat I’m referring to… Jon’s company was called ‘Light Without Heat’ – a nod to his skill of remaining calm, collected and good humoured through all situations. Every single post I have seen on social media about Jon since his passing has nailed what he was like. A precise and talented professional but one who was…
Ben was one of those people you meet in your life and realise that you are in the company of someone uniquely gifted. He used to call me Boss, which always made me laugh as 50% of our conversations I really didn’t understand what he was talking about. Ben had an amazing way of being able to explain something very technically complicated so even I could understand. He was without doubt the most gifted visual director I have ever met. His work on Coldplay’s Ghost Stories shoot was beyond genius, it was otherworldly. The other part of Ben was that…
d&b audiotechnik mourns the loss of Advisory Board member Paul Whiting, who passed away on Friday 5 June after a short illness. Paul joined the d&b audiotechnik Advisory Board in 2016. As a non-executive director, he contributed immensely to d&b’s development with the expertise and experience he gained in his long and successful career in the AV industry. Amnon Harman, d&b Group CEO said: “Paul was a terrific sales and marketing strategist, and a good friend and mentor to many of us. We will greatly miss his market insights, practicality, and humor. Our thoughts and prayers are with Paul’s family…
Lighting for comedy has its own special characteristics and Lighting Designer Marc Janowitz, who recently lit comedian Jimmy O. Yang’s debut stand-up comedy special on Amazon Prime – Jimmy O. Yang: Good Deal – using Elation Professional Rayzor 760 and Fuze Z350 LED wash lights. “In the concert industry you can end up with a thousand different ways to use a light in a single show but in comedy you work hard to come up with a perfect look that stays throughout the entire show and needs to look right from a multitude of camera angles,” Janowitz began. Recorded last fall…
Creative Director and Lighting Designer, Koert Vermeulen wanted to do something extra special to celebrate 25 years of his innovative Belgian-based creative design practice ACTLD, so he and his team crafted a fluid and mesmeric large scale spectacle of lighting art – A2C5T – which was presented to the public for three weeks at the See U event space in Brussels. The 45,000 sq m former police barracks provided an atmospheric backdrop for this multi-level light art experience, which was inspired by the core tenets at the heart of ACT – Art, Concept and Technology. Within the installation, these three…
GLP are launching a new series of short form, fun and informative interview videos with lighting designers from around the industry. The series will see videos released on a weekly basis with different designers facing the same 10 questions. Covering their career starts, their career highs and some of the moments they would rather forget. Partly informative, partly inspirational, and partly irreverent and amusing, the interviews bring a little bit of everything to the viewer. To keep them easy and fun, the interviews are edited into 15 minute episodes – but as you could imagine, some of the great stories…
The weather in eastern Maryland never got much past 70° on Saturday 23 May but the vibe in the improvised studio at Showtime Sound’s warehouse was decidedly tropical. Aaron Kovelman, the company’s Director of Design and Production, saw to that by creating breezy, colourful, beach-like visuals for its one-hour Virtual Island Festival featuring Jah Works. “From a design perspective, it was very important for me to consider the audience point of view given the platform they would be watching the performance on,” said Kovelman. “I wanted to give viewers the feeling of an intimate performance, as if this stream was…
“I’ve had the pleasure and the honour of working with KLANG’s immersive mixing system in the last few months, as an in-ear monitor system for me and my band, and for two online shows as a PA for a broadcast,” said top Israeli artist Danny Robas, who experienced KLANG’s full potential at The Show Must Go On, a series of ground-breaking live streamed concerts. “It is a marvellous aid and it allows me to be focused on every note and each instrument separately, and to enjoy the show in a new and exciting way.” The Show Must Go On is organised and hosted by Zappa, Israel’s…
The team behind Glastonbury’s legendary Shangri-La, in partnership with VRJAM and Sansar, has announced the arrival of Lost Horizon (3 and 4 July 2020), the world’s largest music and arts festival in virtual reality. The festival, in collaboration with Orca Sound Project and Beatport, features an interstellar line up of superstar DJs, underground acts and visual artists, raising money for The Big Issue and Amnesty International. Lost Horizon is a fully interactive and multi-stage event to explore via PC, VR or mobile app (iOS and Android) and streamed live and direct to wherever you are on the planet via Beatport and Twitch, and via partner and artist Facebook, YouTube and Twitch…
